St Petersburg legal community named Maxima Legal one of the best law firms in the city, and Leonid Filanovskiy was named the Advocate of the Year
For the fourth time Delovoy Peterburg newspaper summarised the results of "Yurtop: Team Scoring" the rating, a survey of St Petersburg based law companies on the assessments of the market participants. The opinion of the professional community once again confirmed the level of Maxima Legal's expertise. The company was ranked among the…
24.04.2024
Sergei Bakeshin assessed for DP the impact on bankruptcy practice of the amendments to the bankruptcy law proposed by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
On the 12th of March, the State Parliament passed in the first reading a bill introduced by the Supreme Court amending the law of bankruptcy. Sergei Bakeshin, Counsel, Head of Dispute Resolution and Insolvency Practice at Maxima Legal, assessed the impact of these amendments on the insolvency practice development specially for Delovoy Petersburg…
15.04.2024
Sergei Bakeshin analysed for Novy Prospect the attempt by the PESC to bankrupt a St. Petersburg manufacturer of meat products
An insolvency petition filed by St. Petersburg Power Supply Company (PESC) against Parnas-M, a large St. Petersburg producer of meat products, has been registered in the file system of arbitration cases. The reason is the debt for consumed electricity. The amount of claims in the statement is RUB 8.3 mn. In total, at the beginning of April the…
11.04.2024
Dmitry Uryakin has commented for NP on the termination of the bankruptcy case arising from a debt of over RUB 1 bn
The Commercial Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region decided to terminate proceedings on a claim filed by Rosselkhozbank to declare Molochnaya Kultura (Dairy Culture ) LLC, a company of the same name holding, bankrupt. The court also ruled on the insolvency petition of Seltso JSC, which is part of Molochnaya Kultura. The dispute is about…
08.04.2024
For the fifth time Pravo-300 rating included Maxima Legal team in the list of recommended lawyers
Pravo-300, the key Russian legal ranking, has published individual recommendations of lawyers practising in various areas of law. According to the results of the survey for 2023, personal recognition in 11 areas of law was given to 8 Maxima Legal lawyers who played a leading role in the firm's most highly rated projects for the period from…
19.03.2024
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for NP on the bankruptcy of Plant named after Filatov
Pharmaceutical Plant named after Filatov is in bankruptcy proceedings. In 2022, external management was introduced at the plant, and in early 2023, the Commercial Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region granted the application of Dialog LLC on its intention to repay the claims of the company's creditors in the amount of RUB 1.2 bn.…
11.03.2024
Sergei Bakeshin told Pravo.ru whether a bankruptcy trustee has the right to obtain data on the movement of a debtor's cars
Irina Vasilega, a bankruptcy trustee of the bankrupt company Stroytransservice, tried to obtain data on the movements of the debtor's vehicles over the past few years, but the State Automobile Inspectorate refused to provide it. Ms Vasilega appealed against the refusal in a court. Three instances sided with her, but the Supreme Court of the…
28.02.2024
Sergei Bakeshin told Novy Prospect whether the debtor plant will be able to realise property to replenish the bankruptcy estate
Supervision has been introduced at Nikolskiy Oil Regeneration Plant on the application of the Federal Tax Service. The debt of the enterprise amounts to RUB 650 thousand. The debtor's bankruptcy estate can be replenished by selling its property, including real estate and land plots. However, the plant will not be able to realise it…
27.02.2024
Kirill Katkov has commented for RBC Pro on a personal bankruptcy case that became one of the largest in terms of payouts to creditors in 2023
RBC Pro pointed out that in 2023 courts set a new record for the number of completed insolvency cases of citizens. Over 250,000 people who owed creditors almost RUB 804 bn emerged from bankruptcy during the year. At the same time, in the fourth quarter of 2023, creditors received about RUB 15 bn - the maximum value of payments for the last…
14.02.2024
Kirill Katkov has commented for Novy Peterburg on the valuation of the property of ROK-1 OJSC obtained as part of bankruptcy proceedings
ROK-1 OJSC, Fish Processing Plant, has received property valuation within the framework of bankruptcy proceedings. According to the property valuation reports commissioned by a bankruptcy trustee, the company has specialised machinery and equipment, production buildings, a warehouse, the right to lease a land plot and other assets with a…
01.02.2024